“Go to the bathroom and see this little guy.”
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Dancing With the Starspro Val Chmerkovskiy just gave an inside look at his insides.
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“Went to bed, can’t sleep, pain throughout the night,” he recalled.

Val Chmerkovskiy in February.Credit:Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty
When he woke up, it was worse, “throbbing and poking.”
He attempted to walk off the pain to no avail.
“My side and back are now KILLING ME,” Chmerkovskiy said.

Val Chmerkovskiy said he was in ‘excruciating pain’.Val Chmerkovskiy/Instagram
“So much so that uncharacteristically I decide Imma go to the hospital.
It was excruciating pain though.
I didn’t know what to do.”

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Chmerkovskiy swore that he would never have “sweets or ultra fried/greasy foods again.”
So Chmerkovskiy is now on the mend.
Another season of the reality competition is also on the way, although the cast has not been announced.

Expect the new season ofDancing With the Starsto premiere in the fall on ABC and Disney+.

Val Chmerkovskiy dances with Xochitl Gomez on ‘DWTS’.Eric McCandless/Disney via Getty